It may have been a relatively down year for City volleyball as a whole, but it wasn’t a down year for Sacred Heart Cathedral and that is reflected in the SanFranPreps.com All-City girls volleyball team.

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Game of the Day – St. Ignatius vs. Mitty football: They played just two weeks ago in their WCAL finale, with the Wildcats claiming a 21-6 victory, then rolled over their first-round Open Division opponents last week. For live updates on this game, follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SanFranPreps.

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As dominant as the Lowell High School girls volleyball program has been in the Academic Athletic Association since the San Francisco Section began playing the sport in 1974, it has never been able to carry that success over into the CIF State Tournament.

That trend continued on Tuesday, when the seventh-seeded Cardinals dropped their opening-round Division I matchup to second-seeded Granite Bay 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 at Lowell.

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Game of the Day – Lowell vs. Granite Bay girls volleyball: The Cardinals are still seeking their first state tournament win in school history and will have to go through the second-seeded Grizzlies. The Sac-Joaquin Section runner-ups hold a 39-6 record. For live updates on this game, follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SanFranPreps.

SAN JOSE – On a good day, the Sacred Heart Cathedral girls volleyball team can go toe-to-toe with Valley Christian.

On a bad day, like Saturday, the Irish look outmatched against the Warriors.

Top-seeded Valley Christian emphatically enforced its claim as the best Central Coast Section Division III team with a 25-22, 25-16, 25-17 win over the Irish in the section championship at Independence High School.

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Games of the Day – St. Ignatius vs. Sacred Heart Prep girls water polo: The Wildcats lost to the Gators to open the season, but will get another shot at them in the final game of the season. Sacred Heart Cathedral vs. Valley Christian girls volleyball: The two favorites in the CCS Division III bracket will meet in the championship game, but the Warriors have held the upper hand on the Irish this season. Valley Christian won their WCAL meeting in four games and also swept the Irish in a two-game tournament match this season. Riordan vs. Sobrato football: The Crusaders will look to complete a sweep for the WCAL in the first round of the CCS playoffs, but will be without starting quarterback Zach Masoli for the fourth straight week. For live updates on these games, follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SanFranPreps.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral girls volleyball team took the air out of its own home gym quickly on Wednesday night.

The Irish opened up a 15-3 lead in the first game of their Central Coast Section Division III semifinal match against visiting Aptos and the contest was never really in question the rest of the way in their 25-18, 25-19, 25-12 win.

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Games of the Day – Sacred Heart Cathedral vs. Aptos girls volleyball: The second-seeded Irish will be heavily favored to return to their ninth straight CCS championship game. St. Ignatius vs. Los Altos boys water polo: The seventh-seeded Wildcats advanced to the CCS Division II semifinals with an upset of No. 2 seed Menlo and will look for another against No. 3 seed Los Altos tonight. For live updates on this game, follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SanFranPreps.

A three-year championship drought entering the year felt like ages to the Lowell High School girls volleyball program that had won 27 of the 38 Academic Athletic Association titles since the San Francisco Section began playing the sport in 1974.

But the Cardinals’ 26-6, 25-16, 17-25, 25-12 win over Washington on Thursday at Kezar Pavilion clinched their 28th AAA title and may be the first step of the new Lowell dynasty.